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Hamburg Airport Halts All Flights as Ground Staff Strike
The airport in Germany’s second largest city said the one-day strike, called over pay and conditions, began earlier than expected “without any notice.”The New York Times - 17h -
Flight cancellations at Germany’s Hamburg Airport affect more than 40,000 passengers after strike
Flight cancellations at Hamburg Airport after a surprise strike by workers affected more than 40,000 passengers on Sunday, a day before a planned wider protest across Germany amid new contract ...NBC News - 1d -
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Hundreds of flights cancelled as strikes hit German airports
An unexpected nationwide strike by airport workers over pay has caused disruption at major transport hubs.BBC News - 2h -
No European defence without Germany
The rapid action by Friedrich Merz in the face of Donald Trump’s disruption highlights how the continent’s leaders need strategy as well as spendingFinancial Times - 2d -
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Clay Holmes strikes out eight, Mets hit two home runs in 7-6 win over Nationals
The Mets scored six runs in the first inning on two home runs and Clay Holmes dazzled with eight strikeouts, as New York beat the Washington Nationals, 7-6, in spring training action.Yahoo Sports - 20h -
Liverpool 3-1 Southampton, Brighton 2-1 Fulham, and more: football – live
All the latest updates from the Saturday afternoon action Live scores | Premier League top scorers | Email Dominic The report via Peter Lansley has dropped from the City Ground. . As he ...The Guardian - 1d -
How modern football’s exploitation model brewed fan resentment | Jonathan Wilson
Supporters have marched in protest at a number of Premier League grounds. It’s not hard to see why they believe their game is being taken away. On Sunday, thousands of Manchester United fans ...The Guardian - 1h -
X outage affects thousands of users
An outage on the social media platform X appeared to impact thousands of users on Monday morning. According to outage-tracking website Downdetector.com, more than 37,000 users reported problems ...The Hill - 1h -
Flights briefly disrupted in oil-rich Kuwait, local media say
Flights to the small, oil-rich country of Kuwait were briefly disrupted under unclear circumstancesABC News - 2d -
Germany’s political upheaval and the transatlantic alliance’s uncertain future
Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic Party likely, but the rise of the far-right AfD party and its ...The Hill - 20h -
Thousands in Nepal want monarchy back as public frustration with politics grows
Thousands of supporters have greeted Nepal’s former king in capital Kathmandu and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as a state religionABC News - 1d -
Journalist quits role after comparing French actions in Algeria to Nazi massacre
Jean-Michel Aphatie stands by comments he made on broadcaster RTL. A prominent French journalist has said he is stepping down from his role as an expert analyst for broadcaster RTL after provoking ...The Guardian - 23h -
They were forced to scam others worldwide. Now thousands are detained on the Myanmar border
Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and, some, their eyesABC News - 12h -
Germany to reach out to France and UK over sharing of nuclear weapons
But Friedrich Merz cautions such a move could not replace the US’s existing protective shield over Europe. Germany’s chancellor-to-be, Friedrich Merz, has said he will reach out to France and ...The Guardian - 23h -
WATCH: SpaceX starship rocket explodes during test flight
Just minutes after a seemingly successful launch from Texas on Thursday night, Starship Flight Test 8 began to spin out of control when mission control lost contact with the unmanned rocket ship.ABC News - 3d -
SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Disrupts Florida Airports With Unsuccessful Test Flight
Video showed the upper stage of the most powerful rocket ever built spinning out of control in space, a repeat of an unsuccessful test flight in January that led to debris falling over the Caribbean.The New York Times - 2d -
Russian strikes Ukraine as U.S. pauses sharing intelligence with Kyiv
Without U.S. satellite imagery, Ukraine's ability to strike inside Russia and defend itself from bombardment is significantly diminished.CBS News - 1d -
Israel strikes Gaza ahead of new talks on ceasefire with Hamas
The air strike comes just before talks on the future of the truce are set to begin again this week.CBS News - 22h -
WATCH: Endangered cheetah sanctuary breaks ground in Africa
Cheetah Conservation Fund founder Laurie Marker discusses her organization’s fight to save cheetahs throughout the continent.ABC News - 2d -
Goodyear Tire's transformation plan is underway — in the sky and on the ground
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is facing a rapidly changing business with new technologies and increased competition from low-cost countries such as China.CNBC - 1d -
In Latin America, China is finally losing ground
Mexico is reviewing its tariff policy over China, and an American investor group has signed a huge deal taking control over key ports near the Panama Canal, indicating that Trump's America First ...The Hill - 1d -
The Gulf state purging tens of thousands of its citizens
Kuwait has stripped nationality from 42,000 people after suspending the region’s only parliament last yearFinancial Times - 1d -
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 20 as U.S. cuts intelligence sharing with Kyiv
Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed at least 20 people, officials said Saturday, as heavy aerial attacks continued into the second night following a U.S. decision to stop sharing satellite ...NBC News - 2d -
At least 20 killed in Russian missile strikes on eastern Ukraine
At least 20 people were killed when Russia's military launched a flurry of missile and drone attacks in eastern Ukraine Saturday, damaging multiple apartment buildings in the town of Dobropillya. ...CBS News - 1d -
Russian forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian troops from the rear in Kursk
Ukraine’s military and Russian war bloggers say Russian special forces walked inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk regionABC News - 1d -
Mayo Clinic’s secret weapon against AI hallucinations: Reverse RAG in action
To tackle data-retrieval-based hallucinations in non-diagnostic use cases, Mayo Clinic has applied CURE reverse RAG paired with vector databases.VentureBeat - 3d -
Ukraine loses ground in Kursk as US cuts off support
Moscow’s troops gain territory around the Russian town of Sudzha ahead of crucial talks between Kyiv and Washington this weekFinancial Times - 21h -
Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action
Ruben Amorim parks the bus, Son Heung-min shows he still has some spark and Marc Cucurella fires up Chelsea. Premier League top scorers: the latest standings Some observers look at Ruben ...The Guardian - 8h -
Trump, tariffs and wars drain funds from climate action, warns Brazil
‘Triple negative’ puts world on course for ‘civilisation doom’, says environment ministerFinancial Times - 3h -
France and Germany clash over ‘buy EU’ weapons
Berlin says new €150bn funding for defence industry should be open to non-EU partners, but Paris disagreesFinancial Times - 2d -
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Thousands of users report issues accessing Elon Musk's X platform
Three separate outages appear to have hit Elon Musk's X social media site Monday.NBC News - 20m -
Russian strike on Ukrainian town kills 11 as US cuts intelligence sharing with Kyiv
A Russian strike on a town in Ukraine’s embattled Donetsk region has killed at least 11 people as a wave of heavy aerial attacks continued into the second night following a U.S. decision to stop ...ABC News - 2d -
Berlin’s about-turn can get Europe more bang for the buck
Even Germany’s frugal friends are undergoing policy and sentiment shiftsFinancial Times - 1d -
United Airlines Just Installed Starlink on Its First Regional Aircraft
The deal, announced in September, brings Starlink internet to United flights.Inc. - 3d -
Armed Teen Is Stopped From Boarding a Flight in Australia, the Police Say
Passengers and crew held down the 17 year old, who had a shotgun and also claimed to have bombs, until the police arrived, the authorities said.The New York Times - 2d -
Can Germany spend its way out of industrial decline?
Chancellor-to-be Friedrich Merz wants to expand investment in defence and infrastructure. The race to re-arm could be a much-needed boost for manufacturingFinancial Times - 2d
